Did you know? From 10th – 12th October 2019, the EU celebrates the Erasmusdays. Of course, MathCityMap should not be missing as content-related basis of the Eramus+ project MoMaTrE! Our partners in Porto, Santander, Lyon and Nitra are celebrating the Erasmusday on Saturday, 12.10.2019 at all five locations. There will be exciting mathtrail tasks to […]
Did you know? From 10th – 12th October 2019, the EU celebrates the Erasmusdays. Of course, MathCityMap should not be missing as content-related basis of the Eramus+ project MoMaTrE!
Our partners in Porto, Santander, Lyon and Nitra are celebrating the Erasmusday on Saturday, 12.10.2019 at all five locations. There will be exciting mathtrail tasks to solve. For successful task solver, we have prices and certificates.
Further information about all locations can be found in the table:
Creating a MathCityMap task is too difficult and time-consuming? In this article we´ll introduce you to our tool “task-wizard”, which enables you to create tasks with a few clicks. In the following we´ll explain, how to use the “task-wizard”. In all cities exist similar objects, which provide many possibilities for outdoor mathematics. For those objects, […]
Creating a MathCityMap task is too difficult and time-consuming? In this article we´ll introduce you to our tool “task-wizard”, which enables you to create tasks with a few clicks. In the following we´ll explain, how to use the “task-wizard”.
In all cities exist similar objects, which provide many possibilities for outdoor mathematics. For those objects, e.g. the gradient of a ramp or the mass of a cuboid stone, we prepared standardized templates in our web portal. Altogether, we arranged twenty variegated templates for the themes combinatorics, algebra (functions) and geometry.
To create a new task with our wizard, you only have to choose one of the given templates and put in a picture of the object and your measured values. As the wizard generates the sample solution and the hints (partly with pictures) automatically, the tool allows you to create a task with only a few clicks.
Step-by-step instruction:
Open the option „New task” in the MathCityMap portal
Click on the option „Wizard“.
Choose your favoured „Wizard-task” (e.g. velocity – escalator – velocity in m/s) and fill in your measured values.
Upload a picture for your task and define the geolocation, Done!
MathCityMap was honoured by the German competition “Land of Ideas”! The projects of the ten award winners are currently presented in a branch of the Deutsche Bank in Wiesbaden. Next to the exhibition we created two math trails in Wiesbaden. The trail “Land der Ideen WI-kurz” is recommended for students from the sixth grade. To […]
MathCityMap was honoured by the German competition “Land of Ideas”! The projects of the ten award winners are currently presented in a branch of the Deutsche Bank in Wiesbaden.
Next to the exhibition we created two math trails in Wiesbaden. The trail “Land der Ideen WI-kurz” is recommended for students from the sixth grade. To solve the tasks you have to discover the environment around the Marktkirche of Wiesbaden through accurate observing, measuring and counting. For users from the ninth grade we prepared the trail “Land der Ideen WI-lang”.
Check out our new MathCityMap trails in Wiesbaden. Have fun!
Eighteen Mathematics Teachers at the Junior High School level in the city of Semarang have participated in MathCityMap training organized by the Department of Mathematics at the Semarang State University and Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES) in collaboration with IDMI Goethe Universität Frankfurt Germany. The training began on September 4, 2019 and was held at the […]
Eighteen Mathematics Teachers at the Junior High School level in the city of Semarang have participated in MathCityMap training organized by the Department of Mathematics at the Semarang State University and Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES) in collaboration with IDMI Goethe Universität Frankfurt Germany. The training began on September 4, 2019 and was held at the Mathematics Laboratory of UNNES and the environment around the UNNES campus.
In this 32-hour training, trainees received an explanation of MathCityMap, the theory of developing mobile math trails followed by outdoor practice around campus to try out existing math trails and also create new math trail tasks and routes. Each participant is also required to create at least one math trail route in city park near the school where they work.
This program aims to disseminate the results of research in the field of mathematics education by universities so that it benefits the community, especially schools. In addition, this program is also an effort to support the SmartCity program launched by the Semarang City Government.
At present, in Semarang City several MathCityMap trails are available, such as those available at the Tugu Muda Area, Simpang Lima Shopping Center, Indonesia Kaya City Park, the Old City, the Central Java Grand Mosque Area, and several other locations. Mathtrails with MathCityMap are also available at Taman Pintar Jogjakarta, Kota Padang Sumatera, Kota Palu Sulawesi, Telaga Tujuh Island Aceh, and several other cities.
“This application firstly combines outdoor activities with mathematics tasks. Students can walk mobile math trails for the first time. This is motivating and supports learning.” – Matthias Ludwig, Project Manager. After MathCityMap was honored as Landmark 2019 in the Land of Ideas in May 2019, the team visited us. On their website, they […]
“This application firstly combines outdoor activities with mathematics tasks. Students can walk mobile math trails for the first time. This is motivating and supports learning.” – Matthias Ludwig, Project Manager.
After MathCityMap was honored as Landmark 2019 in the Land of Ideas in May 2019, the team visited us. On their website, they present MCM with a video and interview. Find most of the contents translated into English in the following part:
Outdoor Mathematics for Scavenger Hunters
Solving formulas, determining vectors, learning the multiplication tables – all this is part of math lessons. And for some it is really annoying. But what if the tasks are posed by smartphone and solved in a team – and outdoors? The MathCityMap (MCM) app sends students in their city on math trails. For learners, this means leaving the classroom, finding their way via an app, solving tasks in different places that are connected to their own reality, receiving direct feedback and – if necessary – using digital hints. This is how math is fun and real. If you want, you develop your own tasks for the MCM portal and its EU-wide community.
Good to know:
There are also paths in Asia and the USA. The app is translated into eleven languages.
9000 tasks can be solved according to the current state.
The community currently has 3200 members. In five years it will be 25,000, which solve more than 100,000 tasks on all continents.
The system will be opened for other subjects and offer additional features.
Three questions to Matthias Ludwig
How did you come up with the idea for your project?
Unfortunately, math learning is not fun for many people. You learn with more joy when the content is connected to life. The environment offers enough learning opportunities. The special places and objects where you can practice math outside should be visible to all interested teachers. Smartphones with GPS technology help to find them. Likewise, hints can be given to the solution and a solution check can be carried out. The tasks are created and exchanged via an affiliated web portal.
Where are you today in the implementation?
The project is being intensively promoted by a European consortium and mainly by the working group MATIS I of the Goethe University Frankfurt. The app and web portal are currently translated into eleven languages; MathCityMap is used by schools and other educational institutions in more than 20 countries. Currently [as of July 2019] we have more than 3200 registered users and more than 9000 tasks in the system that can be used by other users. The range of tasks currently ranges from arithmetic to geometry and functions to stochastics.
Where do you see your project in five years?
MathCityMap will have more than 25,000 members in the community, with more than 100,000 assignments on every continent. At more than 10,000 schools worldwide, trails are created with MathCityMap. Ongoing, international “MathCityMap Educators” are selected who are involved in the project and bring the project idea to teachers. MathCityMap will move forward in terms of technology and offer additional features in the area of learning analytics such as the digital classroom and tasks with augmented reality. We will also develop our content and open the system to other disciplines such as physics or biology.
Update 09.09.2019: The questionnaire of our user survey will be open until Sunday. We appreciate your feedback on MathCityMap to improve the system. Our web portal and the app went through major changes during the last year. Technically, we implemented new features, the layout changed, the community has been grown and so did the number […]
Update 09.09.2019: The questionnaire of our user survey will be open until Sunday. We appreciate your feedback on MathCityMap to improve the system.
Our web portal and the app went through major changes during the last year. Technically, we implemented new features, the layout changed, the community has been grown and so did the number of tasks and trails. Thanks to you as active members of the MCM community, there are MCM tasks in more than 40 countries! Moreover, we are interested in how you work with the system and what your experiences are. Therefore, we created a little online survey and kindly ask you to participate.
On 4th of July, Matthias Ludwig and Simone Jablonski presented MathCityMap for 40 Spanish Math Teachers at 19JAEM. With a variety of Spanish maths problems, the teachers ran two math trails around the conference building near the harbor of A Coruna. Obviously, the teachers had a lot of fun while solving the tasks. In accordance, […]
On 4th of July, Matthias Ludwig and Simone Jablonski presented MathCityMap for 40 Spanish Math Teachers at 19JAEM. With a variety of Spanish maths problems, the teachers ran two math trails around the conference building near the harbor of A Coruna.
Obviously, the teachers had a lot of fun while solving the tasks. In accordance, we received good feedback and are optimistic that many new “Rutas Matematicas” will be created in Spain!
From 13th till 15th June 2019, the third annual meeting of the Erasmus+ project Mobile Math Trails in Europe (MoMaTrE) took place. Being hosted by our Slovakian partners in Nitra, the participants discussed and worked on open tasks and new ideas for the project’s final year. Many important technical, conceptual and content-based ideas were thematized […]
From 13th till 15th June 2019, the third annual meeting of the Erasmus+ project Mobile Math Trails in Europe (MoMaTrE) took place. Being hosted by our Slovakian partners in Nitra, the participants discussed and worked on open tasks and new ideas for the project’s final year.
Many important technical, conceptual and content-based ideas were thematized and exchanged. Also the events for next year were planned. Especially the international teacher training in April in Granada, Spain and the final conference on STEM in June in Porto, Portugal will be two important highlights of the project. Further information will follow!
Apart from the working phases, we also conducted the mandatory Math Trail in the streets of Nitra, visited the castel and enjoyed traditional Slovakian food.
Exchange of Project Ideas
Presentation of the Intensive Study Programme
Measuring for the Math Trail
Group Photo with Partners from Berlin, Lyon, Porto, Lisbon, Nitra, Spain and Frankfurt
MathCityMap is one of the ten innovative winners of the competition “Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” 2019. According to the annual theme “Digitalising. Revolutionising. Motivating. Ideas for Work and Education in Germany and Europe”, the project shows how future-oriented innovations in the field of education and mathematics lessons can emerge. The initiative “Germany – […]
MathCityMap is one of the ten innovative winners of the competition “Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” 2019. According to the annual theme “Digitalising. Revolutionising. Motivating. Ideas for Work and Education in Germany and Europe”, the project shows how future-oriented innovations in the field of education and mathematics lessons can emerge. The initiative “Germany – Land of Ideas” and the Deutsche Bank have been organizing the competition since 14 years.
An independent jury selected MathCityMap out of around 600 applications. We are very pleased with this recognition and would like to thank all members of the MathCityMap community for their dedication and cooperation. This applies above all to our partners in the strategic partnership “Mobile Math Trails in Europe”, but also to many other national and international interested persons and task designers.
Digitization promotes progress
Christian Sewing, CEO of Deutsche Bank, congratulates the winners: “The ten winners of the “Landmarks” 2019 impressively demonstrate how important education and flexible working models are for our prosperity. For us, Deutsche Bank, it is important to make a positive contribution here.” [Translated from German].
Dieter Kempf, president of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI and president of Land of Ideas e.V.) emphasizes: “Digitization is an important driver of innovation for tomorrow’s state-of-the-art and efficent working. Technical innovations and innovative collaboration projects open up great opportunities, but also make fitting preparations for the next generation and lifelong learning for the challenges of the future.” [Translated from German].
Innovations are promoted
The ten winners are looking forward to a competitive year full of highlights and professional support: “Germany – Land of Ideas” and Deutsche Bank will let the winners benefit from their network. They are invited to professional events in order to network with multipliers from politics and business, to promote themselves with the seal of approval “Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” and thus gain new customers, partners, sponsors and members. As part of the Made for Good Program, mentors from Deutsche Bank advise the award winners on their business plan, financing and communication issues.
Dedicated Partners: “Germany – Land of Ideas” and the Deutsche Bank
“Germany – Land of Ideas” is the joint innitiative of the Federal Government and the German economy, represented by the BDI. Deutsche Bank has been a partner and national sponsor of the competition “Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” sind 2006. The aim is to make innovations from Germany at home and abroad visible and to strengthen the performance and future of the location.
On May, 7th, the students from the German-Spanish student exchange organized by Heinrich-Heine-School in Dreieich were visiting MathCityMap. After a short technical introduction, the students ran a math trail with MathCityMap at Campus Westend. The mulitlingual groups solved tasks in German, English and Spanish – no problem for the teams! Not only the German students, […]
On May, 7th, the students from the German-Spanish student exchange organized by Heinrich-Heine-School in Dreieich were visiting MathCityMap.
After a short technical introduction, the students ran a math trail with MathCityMap at Campus Westend. The mulitlingual groups solved tasks in German, English and Spanish – no problem for the teams!
Not only the German students, but also the guests from Jaén had obviously a lot of fun!
